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Putin Opens Ukraine Talks With White House Envoys

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Russian President Vladimir Putin met US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Moscow to revive stalled negotiations over Ukraine.
  • Putin said the situation was difficult and sent thanks and best wishes to US President Donald Trump.
  • The envoys were due to travel to Kyiv after the meeting, while Putin continued to reject a prolonged ceasefire or a trilateral summit unless it produced a final peace agreement.

Vladimir Putin opened talks on Ukraine in Moscow with White House envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who arrived to revive a stalled peace process.

“The situation we are going to discuss today is, of course, not easy,” Putin said at the start of the meeting. He greeted the envoys in English, saying, “Welcome. Nice to meet you”. He also said he wanted to convey his “best wishes” and “words of gratitude” to US President Donald Trump.

The situation we are going to discuss today is, of course, not easy.

· Vladimir PutinPutin opened his meeting with the US envoys by acknowledging the difficulty of the Ukraine discussions.

The meeting took place at the Grand Kremlin Palace. Kremlin international policy adviser Yuri Ushakov and presidential envoy for economic cooperation with the United States Kirill Dmitriev also attended.

Witkoff and Kushner arrived in Moscow shortly after midday, as Putin followed a busy schedule linked to Moscow Day and other election-related events. Russia is due to hold legislative elections in two weeks. The meeting was the first between Putin and the US envoys since Jan. 22, and came less than two weeks after CIA Director John Ratcliffe visited Moscow.

Welcome. Nice to meet you

· Vladimir PutinPutin greeted Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in English.

After the Moscow meeting, the envoys were expected to travel to Kyiv to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. To facilitate the mediators’ arrival, Putin and Zelenskyy ordered a three-day halt to air attacks on each other’s capitals, Kyiv and Moscow.

Best wishes

· Vladimir PutinHe said he wanted to pass his best wishes and thanks to Donald Trump.

Trump said his envoys were carrying “a proposal to end the war,” adding that he had “ended eight wars.” Putin had agreed to receive Witkoff and Kushner but had so far rejected both a prolonged ceasefire and a possible trilateral summit with the United States and Ukraine unless it was held to sign a final peace agreement.

Russian-Ukrainian negotiations have been stalled since February, when the United States and Israel began a military operation against Iran. Russia and the United States now consider the understandings reached at their August 2025 summit in Alaska obsolete. According to press reports cited in the article, Moscow had been willing to freeze the southern front in exchange for Ukraine ceding the entire Donbas.

A proposal to end the war. Because I ended eight wars.

· Donald TrumpTrump described the proposal carried by his envoys.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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